2001: A Space Odyssey

Similar to Planet of the Apes, you may have seen all of the most iconic scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey on The Simpsons before ever watching the film.

The most most memorable being in the episode "Deep Space Homer," when Homer eats the floating ruffled chips to the tune of "The Blue Danube," a parody of the docking scene from the film. Fun fact: NASA loved the episode so much, there's a copy of it aboard the International Space Station!

The episode also parodies the "The Dawn of Man" sequence from the film when Bart throws a marker in the air and it turns into the Fox satellite (a reference to the original, where an ape throws a bone in the air and it turns into a satellite).

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